A sum not exceeding five millions of dollars 100 100 - 100 389 - 388 Repeal of the act of February 7, 1813, chap. 37, Time of holding Circuit and District Courts in Additional sum of five millions may be borrow- Vaccination. 214 214 - 214 651 captured on Lake Champlain. Regulations for the funding of the Treasury Sales of lands in the district of Vincen- Vine and Olive. - 374 Virginia Military Land Warrants. 612 Virginia Resolution Land Warrants. 772 - 212 Further time allowed to complete surveys un- Encouragement of the cultivation of the vine Volunteers. Virginia, State of. District Court of Virginia, . 667 411 A District Court, west of the Alleghany To hold six sessions annually, 478 478 An act for the relief of the officers, volunteers, Notes of the acts relating to the District Courts Warrington, Captain, and others. A gold medal to be presented to Captain Lewis West Point. 12 - 503 Further provisions for completing the public END OF VOLUME III. 223 APPENDIX I. Proclamations issued by the President under the acts of March 3, 1815, ch. 7, and March 3, 1817, ch. 39, and March 1, 1823, ch. 22, respecting discriminating duties. 1. Respecting Trade in Plaster of Paris with Nova Scotia. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by an act of the lieutenant governor, council, and assembly, of his Britannic majesty's province of Nova Scotia, passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, it was, among other things, enacted, that, from and after the first day of May, of that year, "no plaster of Paris, otherwise called gypsum, which should be laden or put on board any ship or vessel at any port or place within the limits of the said province, to be transported from thence to any other port or place within or without the said limits, should, directly or indirectly, be unladen or landed, or put on shore, at any port or place in the United States of America, eastward of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, nor unladen or put on board any American ship, vessel, boat, or shallop, of any description, at any port or place eastward of Boston aforesaid, under the penalty of the forfeiture of every such ship or vessel from which any such plaster of Paris, or gypsum, should be unladen contrary to the provision of the said act, together with her boats, tackle, apparel, and furniture, to be seized and prosecuted in manner thereinafter mentioned:" And whereas, by an act of the Congress of the United States passed on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, it was enacted, that, from and after the fourth day of July, then next, no plaster of Paris, the production of any country, or its dependencies, from which the vessels of the United States were not permitted to bring the same article, should be imported into the United States, in any foreign vessel - and that all plaster of Paris imported, or attempted to be imported, into the United States, contrary to the true intent and meaning of the said act of Congress, and the vessel in which the same might be imported, or attempted to be imported, together with the cargo, tackle, apparel, and furniture, should be forfeited to the United States, and liable to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned, in the manner therein prescribed: And whereas, by the said act of Congress, it was further enacted, that the same should continue and be in force five years from the thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen: Provided, nevertheless, That if any foreign nation or its dependencies, which at the time of the passage of the said act of Congress, had in force regulations on the subject of the trade in plaster of Paris, prohibiting the exportation thereof to certain ports of the United States, should discontinue such regulations, the President of the United States was thereby authorized to declare that fact by his proclamation; and the restrictions imposed by the said act of Congress should, from the date of such proclamation, cease and be discontinued in relation to the nation or its dependencies discontinuing such regulations: And whereas an act of the lieutenant governor, council, and assembly, of his Britannic majesty's province of Nova Scotia, repealing the abovementioned act of the said province, passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, has been officially communicated by his said majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to this government: And whereas, by the said repealing act of the said province of Nova Scotia, one of the dependencies of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the regulations at the time of the passage of the said act of Congress, in force in the said province, on the subject of the trade in plaster of Paris, prohibiting April 23, 1813. Reference to the Act of the Legislature of Nova Scotia, in 1816, prohibiting the landing of plaster of Paris eastward of Bos ton. 1817, ch. 39. The Restrictions imposed by the Act of Con gress, to cease on the discontinuance of the Regulations of any nation foreign lamation of the &c. upon ProcPresident. The Legislature of Nova Scotia has repealed its act of 1816, &c. And the Regulations under it have been discontinued. Proclamation, &c. Restrictions cease. the exportation thereof to certain ports of the United States, have been and are discontinued: Now, therefore, 1, James Monroe, President of the United States of America, do, by this my proclamation, declare that fact, and that the restrictions imposed by the said act of Congress do, from the date hereof, cease, and are discontinued, in relation to his Britannic majesty's said province of Nova Scotia. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this twenty-third day of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary of State. July 4, 1818. The Regulations, in the Prov ince of New Brunswick, prohibiting the exportation of plas ter of Paris to certain ports of the U. States, discontinued. 1817, ch. 39. The Restric 2. Respecting Trade in Plaster of Paris with New Brunswick. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it appears, by a proclamation of the lieutenant governor of his Britanic majesty's province of New Brunswick, bearing date the tenth day of April last, and officially communicated by his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, residing in the United States, to this government, that the regulations on the subject of the trade in plaster of Paris, prohibiting the exportation thereof to certain ports of the United States, which were in force in the said province at the time of the enactment of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act to regulate the trade in plaster of Paris," passed on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, have been and are discontinued: Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, President of the United States, do hereby declare that fact, and that the restrictions imposed by the said act of Congress tions imposed by shall, from the date hereof, cease and be discontinued in relation to the said province of New Brunswick. the Act of Congress cease. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and in the forty-third year of the Independence of the United States. By the President. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, JAMES MONROE. July 24, 1818. 1815, ch. 77. The President satisfied that Bre men has abolished discriminating duties Secretary of State. 3. Respecting Commerce with Bremen. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by an Act of the Congress of the United States, of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, so much of the several acts imposing duties on the ships and vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, as imposed a discriminating duty of tonnage between foreign vessels and vessels of the United States, and between goods imported into the United States in foreign vessels and vessels of the United States, were repealed, so far as the same respected the produce or manufacture of the nation to which such foreign ship or vessel might belong, such repeal to take effect in favor of any foreign nation whenever the President of the United States should be satisfied that the discriminating or countervailing duties of such foreign nation, so far as they operate to the disadvantage of the United States, have been abolished: And whereas satisfactory proof has been received by me, from the Burgomasters and Senators of the Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen, that, from and after the twelfth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, all discriminating or countervailing duties of the said city, so far as they operated to the disadvantage of the United States, have been and are abolished: Declares the pealed. Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim, that so much of the several acts imposing discriminating duties on the tonnage of ships and vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchan- duty with respect dise, imported into the United States, as imposed a discriminating duty of ton- to Bremen renage between vessels of the Free and Hanseatic city of Bremen and vessels of the United States, and between goods imported into the United States in vessels of Bremen and vessels of the United States, are repealed, so far as the same respect the produce or manufacture of the said Free Hanseatic city of Bremen. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this twenty-fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and the forty-third year of the independence of the United States. JAMES MONROE. By the President. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary of State. 4. Respecting Commerce with Hamburg. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by an Act of the Congress of the United States of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, so much of the several acts imposing duties on the ships and vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, as imposed a discriminating duty of tonnage between foreign vessels and vessels of the United States, and between goods imported into the United States in foreign vessels and vessels of the United States, were repealed, so far as the same respected the produce or manufacture of the nation to which such foreign ship or vessel might belong, such repeal to take effect, in favor of any foreign nation, whenever the President of the United States shall be satisfied that the discriminating or countervailing duties of such foreign nation, so far as they operate to the disadvantage of the United States, have been abolished: And whereas satisfactory proof has been received by me, from the Burgomasters and Senators of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, that, from and after the thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, all discriminating or countervailing duties of the said city, so far as they operated to the disadvantage of the United States, have been, and are, ished: abol Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim, that so much of the several acts imposing duties on the tonnage of ships and vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, as imposed a discriminating duty of tonnage between vessels of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and vessels of the United States, and between goods imported into the United States in vessels of Hamburg and vessels of the United States, are repealed, so far as the same respect the produce or manufacture of the said Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and the forty-third year of the Independence of the United States. August 1, 1818, 1815, ch. 77. The President satisfied that Hamburg has abolished discriminating du ties. Declares the discriminating duty, with respect to Hamburg, repealed. By the President. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Secretary of State, JAMES MONROE, |